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tempitzac.

Headword: 
tempitzac.
Principal English Translation: 

a type of insect (See Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tēmpitzac
IPAspelling: 
teːmpitsɑk
Frances Karttunen: 

TĒMPITZAC pl: -MEH a type of insect / chupón (insecto) (T) [(1)Tp.227], See TĒMPIPITZOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 224.

themes: 
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.